Willem Delsaux
Willem Charles Lievin Delsaux (born May 4, 1862 in Ixelles , † August 28, 1945 in Grimbergen ) was a Belgian painter and graphic artist who mainly painted cityscapes and landscapes. He found his motifs mainly in the Belgian cities of Brussels , Antwerp and Charleroi and their surroundings and on the Belgian North Sea coast.
Career
Delsaux studied decorative painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels from 1878 to 1880 . After he finished his studies, he lived and worked in Brussels, belonged to various artist groups and had solo exhibitions in Brussels, Ghent, Antwerp, Paris and London. Delsaux became a lecturer in Charleroi, where he taught drawing, painting and ceramics. During his lifetime he had various exhibitions; In 1972 he received a retrospective in the "Cercle Artistique de Charleroi".
Museums and public collections
Paintings by Willem Delsaux can be found today in:
- Musée des Beaux-Arts , Mons
- Musée des Beaux-Arts , Tournai
- Municipal Museum, Mechelen
- Fleischhaus, Antwerp
- Hotel Charlier, Brussels
- Municipal Collection, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- Municipal collection, Schaerbeek
- Camille Lemonnier Museum, Brussels
There are also paintings by Delsaux in the villages of Ixelles and Knocke-Heist , among others in private ownership.
Literature on Willem Delsaux
- Wim Pas, Greet Pas: Biographical Lexicon Plastic Art in België. Gulden Roos, Antwerp 2000, ISBN 9-07613-802-8 . (Dutch)
- Wim Pas, Greet Pas: Dictionnaire biographique arts plastiques en Belgique. Gulden Roos, 2000, ISBN 9-07613-803-6 . (French)
- Paul Piron: De Belgische beeldende kunstenaars van de 19de tot de 21st eeuw. Ludion, Brussels 2016, ISBN 9-49181-964-X . (Dutch)
- Paul Piron: Dictionnaire des artistes plasticiens de Belgique des XIXe et XXe siècles. Ohain, 2006, ISBN 2-93033-811-3 . (French)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Willem Charles Lievin Delsaux entry in the Oxford Index. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
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SURNAME | Delsaux, Willem |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Delsaux, Willem Charles Lievin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian painter and printmaker |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1862 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ixelles |
DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1945 |
Place of death | Grimbergen |